The only other people there turned around in the first 20 minutes because of some low lying clouds. A couple hours later it cleared up and it stayed beautiful. There was a light dusting of snow at the top along with the unmelted snowpack. I really enjoyed it

East Ridge approach. We left Salt Lake the evening before and found a nice flat place to car camp just past the stream crossing on the way in. We got started a little after 6 am and were on top by 9. Crystal clear day, with amazing views all around, especially of Borah and Bell, could even see The Grand Teton way off to the east. Got back down by 11:30 am and drove to Idaho Falls, where we hoped to have lunch and a beer at Snow Eagle Brewing, but apparently they are closed on Sunday. Got back to SL at 5:30 pm. Long, fun day.

The last part of the drive in was pretty nasty but made it OK in my Outback. I was physically tired from Borah the previous day, and became mentally tired from constant routefinding on the way up the upper ridge of this peak. Quite a bit easier coming down when you can see where to go. The scrambling is great fun if you can stay on route (mostly on top of the ridge, occasionally off to the right), off route is loose & not so enjoyable, but probably not dangerous either.

Late snow made for an awesome climb up this mountain. Very little scree sliding due to the snow. Just deep enough to have solid traction, and some fun little rocks to climb on too. Great peak, beautiful area.

We got a predawn start to avoid any trouble with thunderstorms. Nice ridge scramble, great views. There is a lot more to the Lemhi range than I anticipated, looking forward to revisiting this area and picking off the other P2K's here.

My partner and I attempted Diamond on a beautiful sunny day. We were alone except for a herd of about 30 pronghorn. I'm comfortable with 3rd class scrambling but some of the taller pitches were out of my skill level so we turned back a few hundred feet from the summit. After gaining more experience I'll definitely be back!

We camped one night at 9200' in a saddle where we found what appeared to be an old hunting camp. Perfect place carved out for a tent. Apparently we braved a tornado in the night, which gave way to incredible looking weather patterns, high winds, an inversion, and a gorgeous sunrise the next day. We had plenty of calls on our cell phones when we got back to the truck telling us about the tornado reported on Diamond Peak. We had no indication that we were going to be hit with a storm the day before- great day, a bit windy, but otherwise great.

This mountain is awesome! Rode on bike from Idaho Falls, slept under the stars, and on Sunday climbed up all the way to the mighty summit via the east ridge. I set off at 9 and reached the top by 1 PM. On my way up I must have met the climber kdonaldson and his friend. The weather was perfect and the views were magnificent. The walk to the top-most summit felt like walking in the heaven. The air was thin and I found it little bit hard to breathe. This is the highest peak I have ever visited in my life. I can still feel my stiff legs and feet. Thank you, Diamond Peak, for letting me safely to your summit!

On our first attempt of the east ridge in Nov 2008, we turned back just as we were entering into the crux. Cold, wind and loose snow on rock was not fun. This time - what a massive difference. The weather couldn't have been better. We summited in 4 hours hit the summit at 9 am with almost no wind, and 49 degrees. So nice we spent 40 minutes up there before heading down (3 hours to get down). An extremely enjoyable scramble. My 7th of 9 idaho 12'ers. Last 2 are church and donaldson. Diamond is probably the most technical of the 9 in my opinion.

Climbed with Zach V. We came up from the west instead of the standard East Ridge route. From this side the mountain is a crumbling mess of loose scree and dirt. It takes an exhausting amount of effort just to reach the ridge leading to the summit because the scree is SO bad. I cannot emphasize enough how ROTTEN the rock is on the southwest ridge. The rest of the hike is great though. We were the only ones on top.